Story and World
Injustice 2 takes place in an alternate universe where Superman has become a tyrannical overlord who decides to try to prevent crime by ruthlessly murdering all criminals with no exceptions. A few heroes have joined his cause, but Batman firmly believes that Supes has gone too far. Eventually, Batman is able to imprison him in a special cell that dulls his powers. The story starts proper with Superman in jail, while Batman continues to keep the peace. However, another Earth-threatening evil force in the form of Brainiac soon arrives, and Batman realizes that he might not be able to handle it alone.
The single-player campaign of Injustice 2 is extremely linear, and it’s broken up into a number of chapters where you’ll get to take control of various heroes, not unlike the structure of 2015’s Mortal Kombat X. It’s essentially a series of fully voiced (and very well acted) cutscenes, with fighting game rounds spliced in between. Much like its predecessor and Mortal Kombat X, Injustice 2 is essentially like an action blockbuster movie, except you get to be a part of all the cool action bits.
The Surge is a wholly different beast altogether. Our protagonist Warren is wheelchair-bound, but that quickly changes when he joins up with mega corporation CREO. The company hooks him up with an exo-suit to help him walk again, and he’s just about to start his first day on the job when everything goes awry. When Warren wakes up at his workplace, he finds that the CREO machines have become hostile, and his fellow colleagues are now zombie-like husks that will stop at nothing to kill him.
Frankly, the story of The Surge takes a backseat to its unforgiving action gameplay, which serves as the highlight of this title. Because of how different the genres are, the story pacing of The Surge is also much slower than in Injustice 2.
